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The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
Sara Azimi

Sara Azimi, Sports and Style Editor

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Art teacher Nancy Mornini poses in front of her sticker wall. Mornini will retire this year after 20 years of teaching at Whitman.

Art teacher Nancy Mornini to retire after 20 years at Whitman

By Sara Azimi
June 7, 2019
Junior Samantha Leventis gets low as she competes in a speed skating competition. She competed in national competitions before turning her skates in to become a coach. Photo courtesy Samantha Leventis.

From skater to coach: junior Samantha Leventis’ transition

By Sara Azimi
May 9, 2019

Baseball mercy rules Blair 10–0

By Sara Azimi
May 2, 2019
Senior Zach Werkman strides to the plate to throw a pitch in the Vikes 7-6 win against the Patriots. Photo courtesy of Joey Sussman.

Baseball takes down Wootton 7–6

By Sara Azimi
April 26, 2019

Baseball crushes Rockville 14–0

By Sara Azimi
April 16, 2019

Baseball falls to Churchill 9–5

By Sara Azimi
April 15, 2019

Baseball defeats B–CC 3–2

By Sara Azimi
April 14, 2019
Shortstop Matt Ryan makes contact with the ball while at bat. Ryan had four RBI's in the Vikes' shutout win over Wheaton. Photo by Joey Sussman.

Baseball shuts out Wheaton 20–0

By Sara Azimi
April 9, 2019

Baseball shuts out Kennedy 24–0

By Sara Azimi
April 2, 2019

Baseball defeats Poolesville, Einstein

By Sara Azimi
April 1, 2019

Baseball falls to Sherwood 9–5

By Sara Azimi
March 27, 2019

Baseball crushes Richard Montgomery 9–2

By Sara Azimi
March 27, 2019

Swim and Dive competes at States; boys finish fifth, girls sixth

By Sara Azimi
February 27, 2019

Swim and Dive competes at Metros; boys finish sixth, girls eighth

By Sara Azimi
February 13, 2019
The quad slide team poses with their first place medals at the Erg Sprints competition. The team competes indoors in the winter while the river is frozen.

Crew team wins events at second largest indoor rowing competition in the world

By Sara Azimi
February 11, 2019

Swim and Dive places second in Divisionals

By Sara Azimi
February 5, 2019

Swim and Dive falls to Walter Johnson

By Sara Azimi
January 23, 2019
Senior Hanna Freund dribbles down the field for the field hockey team—her fourth varsity Whitman sport. She joined this year after tennis was moved to the spring.

Tennis, track, lacrosse and field hockey?

By Sara Azimi
January 14, 2019
Forward Natan Rosen was a key player in the boys soccer win in the state championships this year. Rosen was named Player of the Year by the Washington Post.

Soccer player Natan Rosen earns All-Met Player of the Year

By Sara Azimi and Elyse Lowet
January 14, 2019
Photo by Sara Azimi.

Photo of the day: January 11

By Sara Azimi
January 11, 2019

Swim and Dive loses to Churchill

By Sara Azimi
January 11, 2019

Boys soccer moves past Gaithersburg 3–2, advances to state semifinals

By Sara Azimi
November 8, 2018

Boys soccer crushes Churchill 3–0, advances to regional final

By Sara Azimi
November 3, 2018

Boys soccer knocks out B–CC 2–1

By Sara Azimi
October 31, 2018

Boys soccer demolishes Kennedy 6–0

By Sara Azimi
October 25, 2018

Boys soccer dominates Quince Orchard 5–0

By Sara Azimi
October 19, 2018

Boys soccer edges out Northwest Jaguars 1–0

By Sara Azimi
October 17, 2018

Boys soccer destroys Damascus 5–0

By Sara Azimi
October 14, 2018

Boys soccer shuts out Richard Montgomery 4–0

By Sara Azimi
October 12, 2018

Boys soccer takes down Churchill 2–0

By Sara Azimi
October 9, 2018

Boys soccer demolishes B–CC 5–0

By Sara Azimi
October 7, 2018

Boys soccer dominates Walter Johnson 4–0

By Sara Azimi
October 4, 2018

Boys soccer defeats Blair 3–0

By Sara Azimi
September 13, 2018
The team celebrates their first goal against the Gray Bees to give them the lead early in the game. The Gray Bees are the defending national champions and this was their first deficit of the season. Photo by Carla Machado

Boys soccer falls to St. Benedict’s 2–1

By Sara Azimi
September 10, 2018

Boys soccer takes down DeMatha 4–2

By Sara Azimi
September 1, 2018
Andy Wetzel recieves the district Athletic Director of the Year award April 28. The Maryland State Athletic Directors Association presented the award. Photo courtesy the MCPS Athletics twitter page.

Andy Wetzel named Athletic Director of the Year

By Sara Azimi
May 20, 2018

Baseball falls to B–CC 8–6; eliminated from playoffs

By Sara Azimi
May 13, 2018

Baseball defeats Walter Johnson 19–16 in nailbiter playoff game

By Sara Azimi
May 12, 2018

Baseball falls to Damascus 10–0 on community night

By Sara Azimi
May 8, 2018

Boys baseball destroys Magruder 6–1

By Sara Azimi
May 6, 2018
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